Seminar & Film Series
Faculty Luncheon Seminar Series, 1999-2000
Monthly presentations of Latin American Studies Faculty members’ research
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Christopher Dunn, Spanish and Portuguese; Roseanne Adderley, History
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Donald del Cid, School of Architecture; Alessandra Luiselli, Spanish and Portuguese;
Paul Lewis, Political Science
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Judith Maxwell, Anthropology; John Patton, Communications
Sponsor: Stone Center for Latin American Studies
Happy are the Happy, October 13, 1999
Sponsors: Southern Repertory Theater and Cuban Studies Institute
Collaborator: 11th Annual New Orleans Film and Video Festival
Dialogues about Latin American Film and Politics: O Que E Isso, Companheiro? Four
Days in September, September 10, 1999
O Qué E Isso, Companheiro? (Four Days in September). Directed by Burno Barreto (1997).
O Que E Isso, Companheiro? in Context
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Christopher Dunn, Spanish and Portuguese
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Ana López, Communication
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Anthony Pereira, Political Science
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Idelber Avelar, Spanish and Portuguese
Sponsors: Brazilian Studies Program and the Stone Center for Latin American Studies
Cuban Cinema: 40 Years of ICAIC, October 14-November 9, 1999
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Guantanamera. Directed by Tomás Gutiérrez Alea and Juan Carlos Tabio (1995),
October 14
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Quiéreme y verás. Directed by Daniel Díaz Torres (1994), October 18
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Madagascar. Directed by Fernando Pérez (1994), October 18
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La Bella del Alhambra. Directed by Enrique Pineda Barnet (1989), October 21
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Retrato de Teresa. Directed by Pastor Vega (1979), October 25
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Las Aventuras de Juan Quin Quin.
November 9
Directed by Julio García Espinosa (1967),
Sponsors: Stone Center for Latin American Studies and Cuban Studies Institute
Mujeres Cubanas: Marcadas por paraíso (Cuban Women: Branded by Paradise),
October 13, 1999
Sponsors: Southern Repertory Theater and Cuban Studies Institute
Collaborator: 11th Annual New Orleans Film and Video Festival
Films from Venezuela, November 8-16, 1999
Introduction: Ana López, Communication Department and Sra. Lola Aniyar de Castro,
Consul General de Venezuela in New Orleans
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Una vida y dos mandados (One Life and Two Trails). Directed by Alberto Arvela
(1997), November 8
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La Voz de Corazón (Voice From the Heart).
November 9
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Desnudo con naranjas
(1996), November 15
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Golpes a mi puerta (Knocks at my Door). Directed by Alejandro Saderman (1993),
November 16
(Nude with Oranges).
Directed by Carlos Oteiza (1997),
Directed by Luis Alberto Lamata
Sponsors: Stone Center for Latin American Studies and the Venezuelan Consulate of New
Orleans
Second Language Classroom: Cloutier Seminar, February 4, 2000
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An Introduction to Task-Based Approaches to Language Teaching. Dr Alison Mackey,
Georgetown, February 4
Sponsor: Department of Spanish and Portuguese, Stone Center for Latin American Studies
The Political Economy of Latin America Seminar Series, February 7, 2000-April 17,
2000
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The Deadlock of Democracy in Brazil. Barry Ames, Andrew Mellon Professor of
Comparative Politics, University of Pittsburgh, February 7
Intimate Enemies: Cuba and the United States. Professor Hernández, editor of the
Cuban journal TEMAS and the former director of the North American section of the
Centro de Estudios Sobre América (the Center for American Studies) in Havana,
Cuba, February 28
Brazil in the 21st Century: Repeat of the 20th? Albert Fishlow, Department of
Economics, Yale University, February 28
The Banking Sector Rescue in Mexico. Elizabeth McQuerry, Senior Economic Analyst,
Latin American Research Group of the Federal Bank of Atlanta, March 27
The Political Economy of Environment-Development Relationships. Robert T.
Deacon, Department of Economics, University of California, Santa Barbara, April 17
Sponsors: Stone Center for Latin American Studies, Department of Political Science, Charles
E. Dunbar Fund of the Department of Political Science, Center of Scholars of the Liberal Arts
and Sciences, and Murphy Institute of Political Economy
Neotropical Ecology Institute’s Bridging Disciplines Seminar Series, February 25,
1999-April 28, 2000
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Deforestation in Ecuador's Amazon. Laura Murphy, School for Public Health &
Tropical Medicine, February 25
Industry Heterogeneity and Natural Resource Management. Brian Potter, Economics,
March 17
Cuba verde: The Rise of Environmental Law in Cuba. Oliver Houck, Law School, April
14
Disaster Vulnerability in Latin American Countries. Alex Coles, Payson Center and
Stone Center for Latin American Studies, April 28
Organizer: Neotropical Ecology Institute. Sponsor: Stone Center for Latin American Studies